Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2010-03-09 Dhamma As Nature 39:52
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Contemplating the nature of things. Transformation through seeing the nature of hindrance. Balance of samatha and vipassana.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2010-03-09 Cultivating Lovingkindness Toward the Body-Guided Meditation 16:12
Arinna Weisman	Download Listen
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley : Meditating on the Body A Five Week Speaker Series

2010-03-09 Cultivating Lovingkindness Toward the Body 40:53
Arinna Weisman	Download Listen
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley : Meditating on the Body A Five Week Speaker Series

2010-03-08 Discerning Mind and It's Activity 51:01
Thanissara	Download Listen
Bowing as inner attitude and as skillful means. A gathered heart and meeting obstruction. Compassion as capacity.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2010-03-08 Walking Meditation 51:25
Susan O'Brien	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : March 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-03-08 The Four Truths 58:10
Heather Martin	Download Listen
How the first two Noble Truths describe Samsara and the circular chain of Dependent origination, and how the third and fourth Truths have been expanded to form Transcendental dependent arising, which beautiful topics will be further explored during this month - long retreat.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March 2010 Month Long

2010-03-08 The Second of the Seven Factors of Enlightenment - Investigation 66:01
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
Exploring the Seven Factors of Enlightenment or Awakening (Monthly People of Color Sangha Sitting).
New York Insight Meditation Center : New York Insight 2010 Talks

2010-03-08 It Is Not As It Should Be. 40:55
Thanissara	Download Listen
Connecting with the actuality of body. Breath as a basis for samadhi. Cultivating support for stability here and now. Middle ground between pleasure and pain.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2010-03-07 Awakening 51:45
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Meeting ourselves. Limitations of success and sense pleasure. The great reversal. The Buddha's journey. Knowing pleasure, pain, and beyond. Return to the original brightness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2010-03-06 The Eight Streams of Blessings. 54:49
Thanissara	Download Listen
A gradual path. Practice as preparation. An alignment with refuge here and now. Sangha as the relational field. Beyond morality. The chanting of ethics.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2010-03-06 Dependent Co-Arising 54:15
John Travis	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March 2010 Month Long

2010-03-06 Deconstructing Buddhism 65:16
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Based on an examination of early discourses found in the Buddhist Pali Canon, we explore the question: "What did the Buddha teach that was distinctively and originally his own?" By differentiating the Buddha's Dhamma from the ideas of Indian religion and metaphysics that prevailed at his time we seek to uncover a clearer sense of the Buddha's message and then consider what relevance it still has for people living in the modern world.
New York Insight Meditation Center : New York Insight 2010 Talks

2010-03-06 How Is It Now? 41:49
Thanissara	Download Listen
Training in samadhi. Samadhi as healing. Gathering the three steams of energy, body, mental and heart into awareness. Gently training attention.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2010-03-06 Emptiness 49:43
Leela Sarti	Download Listen
Gaia House : Being Who you Are

2010-03-06 Three Modes Of Practice 52:28
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2010-03-05 The Template and Blessing Chants 51:58
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Arriving into a retreat and working within limitation. Being more "here". Calling on the ancestors, devas and earth spirits to bless and protect as the boundary of the retreat is set.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2010-03-05 The Risk of Being Present 47:25
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Our practice invites us to return to the present moment - yet in order to be here, we must let go of everything and enter this moment unburdened. Are we willing? If so, we will discover our true refuge - that which is utterly reliable.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March 2010 Month Long

2010-03-05 Lay and Monastic Practice 37:33
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Denver Dharma Punx
Shakti Vihara

2010-03-05 Questions and Answers 17:43
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Denver Dharma Punx
Shakti Vihara

2010-03-04 Patience, The Highest Virtue 55:13
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
The benefits and strong support of remembering to be patient with your practice from beginning to complete liberation.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : March 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-03-04 The Hindrances 53:43
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March 2010 Month Long

2010-03-04 Confession of Buddhist Atheist (Book launch, hosted by Tricycle Magazine and New York Insight) 1:20:02
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Stephen’s new book, "Confession of a Buddhist Atheist", tells the story of his thirty-seven-year quest to understand the meaning of Buddhism. It recounts his life as a monk in India and Korea and concludes with his search to discover the historical Buddha. Stephen talks about the writing of the book and reads selected passages.
New York Insight Meditation Center : New York Insight 2010 Talks

2010-03-04 Opening Talk for Being Who You Are Retreat 37:11
Leela Sarti	Download Listen
Gaia House : Being Who you Are

2010-03-04 To Fall Awake 47:13
Leela Sarti	Download Listen
Gaia House : Being Who you Are

2010-03-03 Trusting Your Basic Goodness 1:12:58

Tara Brach

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When we don't trust who we are, we are unable to be at home in our world. This talk explores how we come to be at war with ourselves and the pathway to realizing our basic goodness.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks